British ColumbiaA search is underway for a missing man believed to be lost on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam, B.C. Police are asking for help in locating the man, 65-year-old To Sang Alfred Wong.Coquitlam Search and Rescue are looking for 65-year-old Alfred WongCBC News · Posted: Nov 06, 2025 8:58 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Coquitlam RCMP are looking for Alfred Wong, 65, whose car was found at the trailhead of the Coquitlam Lake Trail. (Coquitlam RCMP)A search is underway for a missing man believed to be lost on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam, B.C.Coquitlam RCMP is asking for help in locating the man, 65-year-old To Sang Alfred Wong.He was last seen in his vehicle, a grey Chevrolet Cruz, at his home near Apel Drive and Coast Meridian Road on Tuesday, according to an RCMP statement.Police found his vehicle Wednesday at the trailhead of the Coquitlam Lake Trail in the 5000-block of Harper Road.Police describe Wong as an Asian man, who is five feet three inches tall, with a slim build and balding with grey hair.Al Hurley, a search manager with Coquitlam Search and Rescue (SAR), said the SAR search started Wednesday after they were called around 2 p.m. PT.Rescuers scoured all the probable areas until about 1 a.m. on Thursday, when they shut the search down for the night.”We were back here at 5 [a.m.] this morning,” Hurley said on Thursday.Al Hurley, a search manager with Coquitlam Search and Rescue, says crews are searching Burke Mountain for a missing man. (Murray Titus/CBC)He said rescuers have talked to the family and believe Wong may have been planning to go to “the Lookout” on Burke Mountain.Hurley warned hikers to be well-prepared, and not go without a solid trip plan or without letting someone know where they’re going.”It was a beautiful day when [Wong] started his walk, but that night it started to rain heavily, and so he could have become disoriented, because this mountain’s covered in mountain bike trails and hiking trails,” the rescuer said.Hurley said crews have a tracker dog out and have borrowed a piece of equipment from North Shore SAR that can detect cell service, but the weather was too poor to fly through on Thursday.“We hope he’s hunkered down, and staying warm and dry if he can, and that he’ll eventually hear us coming and call out to us,” Hurley said.Police are asking anyone who may have seen Wong or have information on his whereabouts to call the Coquitlam RCMP at 604-945-1550 and quote file number 2025-28682.With files from Pinki Wong and Lauren Vanderdeen
Rescuers search for missing man on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam
